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 Godrej
Industries has a modern, integrated
factory at Valia in the Indian
state of Gujarat where vegetable
oils are converted into fatty
acids, glycerine, fatty alcohols,
alpha olefins and alpha olefin
sulphonates. The plant has an
installed capacity of 30,000 tonnes
per annum for making natural fatty
alcohols from feedstock such as
palm stearine and palm kernel
oil, both renewable vegetable-based
raw materials.
Products
from the plant are exported to
North and South America, Asia,
Europe, Australia and Africa.
The Valia plant has a workforce
of 350 people. It is ISO 9002
certified and has been Kosher
certified for manufacturing fatty
alcohols and glycerine.
Rated
production capacity
Fatty alcohols - 35,000 metric
tonnes per annum
AOS - 18,000 mta
Stearic acid - 9,000 mta
Glycerine - 5,000 mta
Intermediates - 12,000 mta
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Godrej Industries, an integral part
of the US$1.875 billion Godrej Group,
is India's leading manufacturer of oleochemicals.
The company makes more than hundred
chemicals and exports its products to more than
40 countries.
Products from the GIL portfolio are
used in a variety of applications: cosmetics,
tyres, detergents, pharmaceuticals,
cigarettes, toothpaste and more.
The company has modern, integrated chemical
factories at Valia in the Indian state
of Gujarat and at Vikhroli in suburban
Mumbai.
Godrej Industries leads the Indian market
in the production of fatty acids, fatty
alcohols and AOS. It is among the top three largest
producers of glycerine in the country.
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